Blush Horizon De Chanel

Blush Horizon De Chanel $90

This blush reminds me of MAC's Pleasantry Mineralize Blush which i've been addicted to as of late. It is that perfect dolly pink. I think it would look great on everyone to give that young girl blushing look and i always feel younger and more fresh when i have this kind of shade on.

The powder is silky smooth with great pigmentation. Included is also a small brush which is super soft and a great size also. 

The problem i have with these kinds of palettes is that they're so pretty i must have them. But when i do i'm very reluctant to use them to not ruin their prettiness. Does anyone else have this issue? There have been so many times i have to tell myself life is short and i need to dig in and enjoy! Haha :D

Priceline Beauty is in the Bag

Priceline had their beauty bag gift running last month and i'm sure any beauty addict in Australia snapped this offer up instantly. They seem to do this every year in April. I remember getting the one last year and the year before that. Previous years was spend $50 on selected brands and this year it went up to spending $60.

Here is what you get:

I'm quite embarrassed to say how many sets of these i ended up getting. And it was completely unintentional. There is nothing in the bag that even interests me slightly. However Priceline had a lot of good sales running at the time, which resulted in me with 4 sets of these bags. 

I picked up 4 Revlon Lip Butters. I had not really paid attention to the hype of these but the hype must have been pretty big for me to recognise the name without even knowing what they were. They just arrived to Australia and Priceline had buy one get one free on all Revlon lip products. At $21.95 each these are expensive lipbalms. So with the half price deal i was on the hunt. I got the email and was on the search first day it came out. But i did not find them in stores at all. After more searching i finally found them on a separate stand away from the Relvon section. Which makes me want to kick myself for not looking harder because ALL the good colours were sold out.

The shades i managed to get were Candy Apple, Berry Smoothie, Tutti Frutti and Creamsicle. 

I didn't get any of the baby pink shades just because they barely have any colour to them. And at that price, they better have good colour or i'm better of with my $3 chapsticks instead.

They are very glossy and reminded me a lot of the Dior Addict High Shine lipsticks which i have in shade 734 and absolutely love! They were not necessarily the softest lipsticks i have ever tried. I recall owning a Stila barbie pink lipstick, the shade name may have been Glenda? It was from their Wicked collection and let me tell u, that was even softer than lipbalm! It was like vaseline in a tube! 

I went through the trouble of finding a stock photo of it.

Nothing beats this at being creamy.

Overall they are quite nice and come in 20 shades. I would still use them like a lipstick rather than lipbalm just because i would need to pale out my natural lip colour to get the shades showing.

Next thing i got:

Lots of Nude by Nature goodness. I would love to go completely natural. But it's hard to limit myself in that way.

These Nude by Nature sets seemed to only start getting into stock after the sale ended but they were available at one Priceline i was at. You are required to purchase any Nude by Nature product and THEN you can purchase this set for $49.95 and it is exclusive to Priceline only.

I got a large sized handcream for $12.95 and the set which totaled at just over $60 which qualified for the beauty bag.

Nude by Nature also had, purchase 2 products and get 25% off. I've been eyeing the Oil-free Moisturizing Lotion for a while. It contains salicylic acid and witch hazel, both of which i know are excellent for acne prone skin or for me when my skin breaks out during that time of the month.

I'm also obsessed with exfoliators which is why i got the exfoliating scrub. It contains crushed walnut shells so it would be the very 'scratchy' type of exfoliator which is just the type i love. 

Nature’s Oil-Free Lotion 125ml $29.95

Nature’s Exfoliating Scrub 150ml $17.95

I've read really good reviews about the Nude Oil as well but i passed on it this time and shall keep it on my list.

Just before the sales were ending, i also picked up two of the Nude by Nature brush kits. 

I've been having lots of difficulty with my current brushes shedding like mad and leaving hairs of over my face. And it is not fun when there's a very fine hair in your eyeball and you can feel it in there but can't see it enough to get it out! It has been frustrating me for a while now so i decided it was time for new brushes. And i must say i am in love with the Nude ones.

The handles look and feel of excellent quality and the bristles... are soft like clouds... i can't even feel the bristles when using this. It feels like i'm rubbing a cotton ball on my skin instead! Not only that, it comes with generous sized brushes. Only too many times have i seen brush kits with ONE bigger sized brush and the rest are brow, liner, miniature brushes. This set contains 2 large head brushes and the eyeshadow brushes vary in design. I love that i have one for foundation, one for blush, one for eyeshadow, one for brows and one for liner. There's one for every step i need and if i was limited to only this brush set, i would get by very nicely. It also comes with a sharpener :)

8 piece brush kit - $29.95

The 8 piece brush kit includes:

- Complexion perfecting Kabuki Base Brush

- Cheek Defining Blush Brush

- Deluxe Eye Shade Brush

- Domed Eye Blending Brush

- Ultimate Cover Concealer Brush

- Dual Headed Precision Eye Definer and Lip Brush

- Eye-liner pencil Sharpener

And finally, what was inside my free beauty bag?

The things that varied were the Rimmel nail polish, the Revlon lip product, Innoxa lipstick shades, Priceline wipes and savvy eyeliner.

1/4 of the Revlon and Innoxa lipsticks i would say are wearable shades for me and the nail polishes were all in the same colour. The Savvy eyeliners i already have and love.

I'm a little disappointed that i got 3 Relvon lipsticks in Very red and 3 Innoxa lipsticks in horrid browny red colours. No doubt i will be giving most of these freebies away.

However, the Max Factor mascaras are great. The Natio powders all happen to be shades i can use. I'm very excited about the Nude by Nature Soft Focus illuminator and the other bits and pieces like tweezers and loofahs i can never have enough of.

Oh i forgot to mention, these bags contained a $10 off any covergirl product voucher. They do have an expiry date so i decided to just use them up straight away. 

Covergirl Natureluxe Lip Balm $12.95 

I ended up getting 4 of these at $2.95 each. I like how they have SPF in them and they're very soft as well. Some of the shades weren't as pigmented so the ones i chose were spice, grenache, and sandstone x2. Spice looks like a dark brown red but because it's a gloss it goes on like an orangey colour. Grenache and Sandstone are natural mauvey light pinks and i think very wearable. They remind me of the Revlon lipbutters but softer, and with the bonus of SPF.

So that was my Priceline hauling for the month of April and i had hoped to cut back and stay away from the store but it's still only early May and i haven't been doing very well on that hehe 

Revlon Gift Time Myer

Revlon is having gift time again at Myer! This is the best time to buy the products you've been wanting to try or to stock up on the usual and get bonus products to try out.

I believe this promotion started last week. Spend $39.95 on Revlon and receive a 6 piece gift set.
You get the option to choose between the pink or purple gift set.
The variation appears to be in the lip butter colour choice, the eyeshadow palette and the eyeliner/lipliner.

I chose the pink set which came with the luscious growth eyeliner which i really want to try after swatching the tester. Are these as good as my beloved prestige total intensity? I think they might be pretty close, or almost the same. However reviews do show a lot of people have allergic reactions so i will be wary when using.

For the products i had to buy to get the gift, i was planning on getting 2 eyeliners. I didn't want to buy anything i didn't need. And black eyeliners are something i will always need and use up. However i ended up getting 2 concealers instead only because the gift already came with the eyeliner. And i didn't want to risk having 3 of them and being allergic.

The concealer i got is the Revlon Photo Ready in shade 002 Light Pale. I like that it is yellow toned and smooth, not cakey at all like other cream stick concealers. I was tempted to get the Age Defying concealer since it felt very nice watery and seemed to have a strong coverage. However i am still very much disappointed with my YSL touche eclat and the Rimmel one because i know how less product there is inside. Around 1g? I opted for this concealer instead which is 3.2g.

PhotoReady Concealer 002 Light Pale $24.99

The promotion runs for another 2 weeks or so but the lady said they'll probably run out by next week so get in there quick if you want this!

Heads up to all aussie beauty addicts. If you're a Priceline member you should have received their newest catalogue by email today and:

Starting from 10th of May, they will have another Beauty Bag on offer except this time it is on Hair care products rather than make up. Spend $40 or more on the participating brands and get this giant bag of hair care freebies. I'm not too into hair maintenance myself as my hair has always been naturally tamable however the constantly undecided weather here has made my hair dull and flat. I just might pick this up if i happen to find something i'm interested in. I've always been curious of the Alchemy range i've seen at my local health store since it's on the pricier side and also the dry shampoos look tempting to try as well. 

As usual with the gift bags, there's mostly only 1-2 products i want in there to make it worth while. I've got a heap load of stuff i'm not very into sitting around from the recent Beauty bag priceline had running. maybe i shall do a post on that too. The one from last year i found to be much better but it's free so if you're getting stuff either way go for it but if not then it's not something you MUST get :)

Project Pan?

I'm sure we've all heard of Project Pan here and there. And after the past few weeks of extreme EXTREME spending, i need to mentally shut down my bank accounts and distract myself from shiny new things. So i've decided to start a Project Pan. Not to completely cut myself off from spending because i'm a hoarder and if i find something great on sale i can't stop myself. But this is more to pull out things i have and focus on using them. I still have a stash of around 20 mac lipglosses all brand new and in different shades which have not been touched. I've been meaning to (for 2 years) but maybe if i attempted a new colour each week i can actually start enjoying my splurges. This will help me use things up and actually try the things i've bought! So i will be doing lots of reviews hopefully :D Also i shall be posting about lots of new products i've purchased lately with photos! I need to put more effort into that and also awesome promotions happening all over the place because those get me most excited. This is an excellent way for me to stop my spending but still indulge in products :D I have so much new things i can't wait to ramble on and on about them hehe

Biore sale at Priceline!

Priceline's current catalogue sale has a really amazing deal on Biore products. They have a 15% off the whole range and also if you spend over $10 you get a bonus $20 exfoliator! That's like paying $5 per item if you buy a $10 product!



Today i picked up 2 packs of pore strips which i look forward to trying as they're quite popular as the commonly used pore strip and a pack of self heating masks which i've wanted to use again but did not want to splurge on a 8 time use only mask. I got 2 bonus exfoliators so i spent $25 and got 5 items which is amazing! I tested the exfoliator in store and it's the polish kind which is the only kind i like so i'm over the moon.

I plan to visit a different priceline to pick up a moisturizer from the skinpreservation range which was out of stock today and see what else is worth trying since the deal offers amazing value.

Check out your priceline and head to the biore section! I'm going tomorrow because priceline always sells out fast :)









Clarins is also having a really good gift time. Buy two skincare products and get a tote bag full of skin goodies. They're deluxe sameple sizes and contains 15ml day cream and 15ml night cream, usually around $100 for a 50ml jar! There's also a lot of other little things so when i finally find a stand that's well stocked i just might get it :) It ends this week one of the representatives told me so be quick!

MD Visage Dual Action Wrinkle Freeze Review

Not long ago i was in the Myer beauty section doing some shopping and browsing through skincare and noticed the MD Visage Dual Action Wrinkle Freeze cream.
I recall seeing those Freeze Frame informercials and tested this on the back of my hand. In less than a minute the skin felt tighter and firmer. of course i wasn't sure if i was just paranoid because the back of my hand isn't that fleshy enough to make it easy to tell.
I decided to test it under my eyes to see if this was the solution to my horrible genetic sagging eyebags. Ontop of make up it went on pastey and ruined my foundation so i wasn't sure about this product. It was $52 for a small 50ml tube so it is a bit steep.
I went home and did my online research and couldn't find much about this product at all besides some comments complaining about the company being dodgy. Many of those 'miracle products' do tend to come from companies with poor almost non-existant customer service so it didn't worry me too much. I was getting it in store as opposed to people ordering directly from the company and my main concern was the product.
Online i found better deals and saw a 4 piece kit on a pharmacy website for $69.95. This included the wrinkle freeze cream 50ml, eye cream 10ml, cleanser 125ml and handcream 50ml. This was a much better deal and was ready to purchase this on the spot but decided to sleep on it.
The next day i was doing some shopping and while picking up some things in the Target beauty section, as i was about to leave i noticed the big red sale sign saying 30% off a list of brands, and when i read MD Visage i panicked! I frantically searched for the brand and found it. And to my surprise they also had the limited edition pack! I was over the moon. I was smiling so big the sales girl was staring at me like i was weird.
I price checked them and they came down to just over $45 a pack. Needless to say i bought 2 of them. I had also gone back a few days later to pick them up for my sisters who were curious to try after my many ravings and excited ramblings on the product. The sales woman who managers the beauty section also included the bonus hand creams and i told her how i got these last time and the younger girl didn't know to give them to me. She was nice enough to say i could bring the receipt next time and get the bonus creams so that is what i did the next day. Except that day she said i could pick from the bonus hand cream or eye cream. I picked 2 sensitive eye creams mainly because their value would be a lot more and opted for one hand cream since it is a lot more product and i'm sure i can rub some of that goodness on my neck if i wanted to.
I also decided to pick up their toner to try and many other beauty items. With such a large purchase the lady was really kind and said the Nude brand was also doing a GWP eye cream and gave me one to try. I bought everything on sale at a good price and still got bonuses so it was definitely a awesome purchase.

Now to review the product :)
I have been using this quite often. I have to admit not constantly because although i love and buy many beauty products, i am a lazy user. Every morning after i wash my face i sit down and slap all the steps on. After i shower i also do the same. But with those extra steps before you sleep, serums, eye creams, night creams... it's easy to forget.
But from the many times i have used it, i must say i really do enjoy it.
I have to make sure to not use a thick layer as it will go pastey and little does spread out nicely. It leaves a bit of a sheen. It makes my face seem brighter, i'm not sure if it is because of a tiny white cast but it isn't noticeable. I have tried putting this on my jaw line and i really do feel it firming the skin! I felt slight pulling when i moved my mouth so it works for sure. The effect does fade though when the cream is gone and for results it is something you would need to be dedicated to using constantly. I am a firm believer that if i used this and constantly firm my skin, my skin will learn to stay up and hold itself better rather than sagging and drooping downwards.
I have very bad sinking under my eyes and i would not say i have used this long enough to see improvement but even if this can't save the current state of sagging, i will still try my best to prevent it going any further. My mother's eyebags really take a toll on her appearance and i fear that happening to me.
I recommend this for anyone with sagging and needs to tighten up their skin. It does seem like my skin looks dry and rougher with this cream on so i would also say to moisturise to keep the skin surface smooth. It is also a really good prevention cream and gravity is constantly pulling on our face so this is a good way to counteract that. Below are some photos to show what the actual cream looks like and the second photos shows the white cast it creates, somehow i feel the hand with the cream on also looks thinner? lol it could just be the lighting though. Overall i think this product is great for instant short term results. I like to wear this constantly a few days before i have a special occasion to make sure my skin is going to look amazing on the day :)

White and creamy, more of a runny consistency.

Left hand with Wrinkle Freeze on and right hand without.

MD Visage Limited Edition Wrinkle Freeze Correction Kit $69.95